Juventus have confirmed that Giorgio Chiellini will not be back until after the international break due to a thigh injury.
Chiellini pulled up just before half-time in Juve’s 2-1 win against Napoli on Saturday, and subsequent tests have shown a “distractive trauma” to the defender’s right thigh muscle.
“During the morning, Giorgio Chiellini underwent tests, which emerged the presence of a grade-one distractive trauma to the posterior region of his right thigh,” read a statement on Juve’s official website.
Juventus have confirmed that Giorgio Chiellini will not be back until after the international break due to a thigh injury.
Chiellini pulled up just before half-time in Juve’s 2-1 win against Napoli on Saturday, and subsequent tests have shown a “distractive trauma” to the defender’s right thigh muscle.
“During the morning, Giorgio Chiellini underwent tests, which emerged the presence of a grade-one distractive trauma to the posterior region of his right thigh,” read a statement on Juve’s official website.
“It is expected that he will return after the international break.”
Calciomercato.com reports the injury is the eighth Chiellini has suffered in 2016, and the 32-year-old will now miss the Bianconeri’s games against Lyon and Chievo, plus Italy’s matches versus Liechtenstein and Germany.